The coop is closed but only plywood (although painted warm and wild by the college student art class which designed and built it). Still, there was a ring of frost and I had to use hot water before I could lift off the top section in order to refill it. The chickens did not complain; went about their morning business as usual. But Hawkeye stopped laying about 10 days ago, and Ruby (name changed from Sadie recently by my toddler Granddaughter) has dropped down to irregular, laying an egg every two or three days instead of daily as she did all summer and fall. People recommend a light for both heat and increased laying, which I may set up.
Other people say not to worry about their health in the cold unless it drops to around zero F as long as they can be dry
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